#crabeater seal

[robot-pup]

The teeth of a crabeater seal

Specially evolved for sieving krill & small crustaceans out of the seawater! These highly adapted seals are the most abundant species of pinniped on the planet.

[ineffable-gallimaufry]

okay i think that's all the oceany valentines i'm going to do . happy (early) valentines day!

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[feather-bone]

Crabeater seal! It eats krill. :-)

[ID: an illustration of a dappled grey seal with toothed teeth. It floats vertically, smiling open-mouthed, in blue water surrounded by a cloud of tiny, coral pink and white krill, stylized as brushstrokes. end.]

[vintagewildlife]

Crabeater seal By: Unknown photographer From: WWF Threatened Animals 1986

[marinememes]

“Crabeater seals do not actually eat crabs” THEN WHAT DO THEY DO, HUH?

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Crabeater seal at Palmer Station

A crabeater seal lounging at Palmer Station, Antarctica. Despite their name, crabeater seals only eat Antarctic krill and use their specially shaped teeth to filter out the seawater.

Credit: Mike Lucibella/NSF

[eddieintheocean]

i havent actually made a post for april fools so here goes

this seal eats crabs :)

[beautifulelephantsealsunrise]

Ok another question. Can u rank best seal teeths for me ? Very curious !

ohh cool i've never considered this question before!! seal teeth are pretty interesting, it turns out. seals are born with teeth, unlike most mammals, and they usually have 34-38 teeth, depending on the species. here's my ranking of the top five types of seal teeth.

crabeater seal teeth

these things have to be number one simply because they're cool as fuck. despite its name, the crabeater seal doesn't actually eat crabs. instead, it uses its specialized teeth to filter krill out of the water, just like whales!

2. elephant seal teeth

they're nothing fancy like the crabeater seal teeth, but they have to be big and strong since elephant seals use them to fight. plus I think it's so funny how they just look like two little points when an elephant seal opens its mouth.

3. leopard seal teeth

these look a little like crabeater seal teeth, right? leopard seals eat krill too, but also fish, squid, penguins, and even smaller seals! their teeth look very sharp and pointy. leopard seal probably ranks #1 on my list of seals I would least like to be bitten by.

4. harbor seal teeth

I like how they're so uniform and neat. politely sharp little points. this harbor seal is getting its teeth brushed! harbor seals don't use their teeth for chewing -- they're mostly used to get a good grip on fish, which they will then swallow whole.

5. harp seal teeth

delicate and beautiful. need I say more? the harp seal eats many different fish and ocean invertebrates.

plus: bonus pic of a harbor seal showing off its tongue! seals have bifurcated (forked) tongues. this is because they are beasts of the devil.

[ppilotco]

crabeater seal :3

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Crudely drawn crabeater seals from google images

[snototter]

A crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) surfaces in Antarctica

by Robbin Merritt

[robot-pup]

calling all pinniped enjoyers!!

these are the only three images i’ve ever been able to find online of crab eater seal pups, crazy considering crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal!

if anyone has been able to find any other pictures of them as pups i would really love to see! antarctic seals are my favourite to research but because of their remote location, there isn’t as much of them online.

(edit! i actually had one more floating around my camera roll!!)

[southpacifictravel]

A crabeater seal lies on the ice at Jenny Island, Antarctica. Crabeaters feed mostly on krill and are the most abundant seal species in the world. Despite the name they do not eat crabs.

[thepinnipedparade]

Life is hard in Antarctica, and so we begin with a clash of the titans.

Weddell seals (R) are the world's southernmost breeding mammal. Known for their beautiful noises and graceful way of moving under the ice, they also have the highest percentage of milkfat out of any mammal.

Crabeater seals (R) are the most abundant seal species in the world although they are often overlooked, probably because they don't live where many humans do! They are known for their distinctive teeth, which some people think look like Christmas trees, that help them strain krill out of the water. They also make beautiful noises.